Once, I wanted to be a good person

"And my Extraordinary Artifact can have a delayed effect, so, the two of us can fully cooperate and build something together!"

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, Qing Ya said, "Ah?" her beautiful eyes blinked, slightly confused...

.......

Meanwhile.

State Security Bureau.

It was nearing the end of the workday, but at the top floor of the State Security Bureau, a secret meeting was still going on.

There weren't many attendees. Just the head of the Security Bureau and four deputies, five directors in total.

And in front of them, were the two reports that Fang Ze had submitted today.

Clearly, today's meeting was focused on this matter.

In the conference room, the atmosphere was very quiet, only the sound of flipping through reports.....

Ten minutes later, after everyone had finished reading the reports, the leading director, that cold woman who often spoke with Bai Zhi, slowly said, "Everyone, let's share our thoughts."

And to her left was Fang Ze's "old acquaintance," the Deputy Director who had come to the Emerald City Security Bureau three times: Qingping.

Across from Qingping, to the right of the female director, was an old man with droopy eyelids, a face full of wrinkles, and white hair.

Next to the old man was a man as thin as a stick but sporting a spiky hairstyle.

Opposite the man with the spiky hair, below Qingping, sat a girl holding a book, with glasses as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle, wearing a shy expression on her face.

Upon hearing the director's words, the other four reacted differently.

The old man simply closed his eyes, and the shy girl holding the book lowered her head slightly.

The female director, seemingly unsurprised, let her cold gaze move beyond them to focus on the spiky-haired man and Qingping.

Qingping lowered her head and flipped through the files, then said, "I've read these reports, the content is detailed, the logic is clear, though a few pieces of evidence are missing, there are still many critical and useful pieces."

At this point, her tone shifted, "However, the councilors have already settled on how to deal with Jiang Cheng. If we bring up this matter again now......"

She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone present understood her implication.

The matter concerning Jiang Cheng was decided by several bigwigs in the state, even the council members were acting on orders. There were unknown complexities or compromises among them.

Without knowing the depth of the situation, to bring up this matter again could not only end up unaccomplished but could also implicate themselves....

The female director's gaze shifted from her to the spiky-haired man.

The spiky-haired man said solemnly, "I also disagree with revisiting this case."

"The timing is too poor."

"The resistance too great."

"But I think we shouldn't suppress this matter ourselves. We can archive this case file and inform a few Executive Councilors this month. Allow them to review it themselves."

"If after their review, they want to reopen it, then it would be the Council ordering us to revisit the case."

"If they don't bring it up, then we will temporarily archive the case until the day it is reopened."

After hearing the two opinions, the female director slowly said, "Actually, this afternoon, I had already handed over both of the case reports to a few Executive Councilors."

"Just before the end of the workday, I received a report and related approvals from them."

At this, she pointed to Fang Ze's report which was "not related to Jiang Cheng," "They highly praised the handling of this case."

Hearing the director's words, Qingping and the spiky-haired man slightly furrowed their brows and glanced at each other. They speculated the true topic of this meeting.

Indeed, while the female director was speaking, she took out two other reports and handed them to the two, "This is the report on the review process of this case that Yun Su submitted to me yesterday."

"He also gave high marks to the handling of this case and the person responsible."

Qingping and the spiky-haired man took turns looking at the reports.

Then they heard the female director say, "So. The current issue is... what kind of reward to give to the head of the Special Case Team."

Upon hearing the director's words, Qingping felt a surge within her.

Her mind whirred, and then after a moment, she grinned slightly and said, "I seem to have heard that although this special team has two leaders, actually only the deputy team leader, Fang Ze, is doing the work. Bai Zhi is more of a figurehead."

"So, I think if there is to be a reward, it should primarily go to Fang Ze."

The director leaned back, her eyes cold as she watched her, "And then...."

Qingping said, "I remember Fang Ze has already reached the realm of a high-level Awakener, right?"

"According to his Martial Arts Cultivation, he should be able to advance to a Fuser soon."

"We could allow him to choose any Special Awakening Method stored by the Emerald City Security Bureau, or even....the State Security Bureau, to gain his second Awakening Ability."

After her words, there was silence in the meeting room.
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The director withdrew her gaze, simply sitting there and not speaking.

Qingping, seeing this, furrowed her brows deeply as she looked toward the spiky-haired man.

The spiky-haired man's gaze did not meet hers, but he subtly shook his head without a word.

Qingping then remained silent.

After a moment, the director slowly said, "Regardless, Bai Zhi is the primary person in charge of the Special Case Team..."

As she began speaking, Qingping's eyelid twitched, and then she said, "I think Commissioner Fang Ze has established merit since joining the Security Bureau, and his ability and position are no longer quite matched."